''The Two Orphans'' (Italian:''Le due orfanelle'') is a 1942 Italian
historical drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone (10 September 1885 – 11 March 1973) was an early Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer, who was also controversial for his works of pro-Fascist propaganda and historical revisionism. Considered one of Itali ...
and starring
Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...
,
María Denis
María Denis (22 November 1916 – 15 April 2004) was an Argentine-born actress in Italian made films. Denis moved to Italy in 1932 when she was 16, and appeared in her first film there the same year. Denis became a top Italian star between 1936 ...
and
Osvaldo Valenti
Osvaldo Valenti (17 February 1906 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1928 and 1945. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey to a Sicilian carpet trader and a wealthy Lebanese woman of Greek descen ...
.
[Nowell-Smith, Hay & Volpi p.57] It was based on the play ''
The Two Orphans'' by
Adolphe d'Ennery
Adolphe Philippe d'Ennery or Dennery (17 June 181125 January 1899) was a French playwright and novelist.
Life
Born in Paris, his real surname was Philippe. He obtained his first success in collaboration with Charles Desnoyer in ''Émile, ou le ...
and
Eugène Cormon
Pierre-Étienne Piestre, known as Eugène Cormon (5 May 1810 – March 1903), was a French dramatist and librettist. He used his mother's name, Cormon, during his career.
Cormon wrote dramas, comedies and, from the 1840s, libretti; around 15 ...
, one of many film adaptations. It was made at
Cinecittà
Cinecittà Studios (; Italian for Cinema City Studios), is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios we ...
in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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.
Cast
See also
* ''
Orphans of the Storm
''Orphans of the Storm'' is a 1921 American silent drama film by D. W. Griffith set in late-18th-century France, before and during the French Revolution.
The last Griffith film to feature both Lillian and Dorothy Gish, it was a commercial failu ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1933)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1954)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1965)
* ''
The Two Orphans'' (1976)
References
Bibliography
* Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey & Hay, James & Volpi, Gianni. ''The Companion to Italian Cinema''. Cassell, 1996.
External links
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1942 films
Italian historical drama films
1940s historical drama films
1940s Italian-language films
Films directed by Carmine Gallone
Italian films based on plays
Films set in Paris
Films set in the 19th century
Films shot at Cinecittà Studios
Italian black-and-white films
1942 drama films
Films scored by Renzo Rossellini
1940s Italian films
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